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This occasionally schooling species occurs over sand patches as well as rubble, consolidated limestone, or coral bottoms from reef flats and shallow lagoons
Synonyme:
Mullus multifasciatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
Parupeneus multifaciatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (misspelling)
Pseudupeneus moana Jordan & Seale, 1906
Upeneus atrocingulatus Kner, 1870
Upeneus velifer Smith & Swain, 1882
Upeneus vilifex Brigham, 1902